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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-25
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

There are several ways of making
a bustle-of newspaper, of wire, or
other material. But the largest sized
and most complete hustle is made by
the small boy who lets a live rat loose
i'll sewing bee.
--''Ma," said BERTHE. "should say
pants or 'trousersP''' Trousers, my
DEAR said the mother. "WelI, thcn,"
said BERTHE, al think Bridget had bet
tel give Fido some water; he trousers
awfully. - It'd Bits.
--"Sacred to his memory" said
Fogg, reading the legend on the tomb
stone of his dead friend Hawkins, why,
Hawkins never had any memory. He
never could remember anything for five
minutes in all his life. ''-BoSsoD
Transcript.
The son of the house. age two years
eight months, who had been forbidden
to wink violently. was swinging his
feet very rapidly the other day. He
was asked what the matter was and re-
piled: Messing; rs only zhust wink
ing wifi my legs. "-GoIde1 Days.
-Blobson-"What makes you look
so cheerful to-day, Dumpsey?" Dump
sey-''AIy daughter left the window
open during the thunderstorm yester-
day, and our piano was struck by
lightning. You can't imagine what a =.
relief it is. ''-Burltngton Free Press.
in a Restaurant-A frightfully
bald customer has just begun his din
ner, when he suddenly calls the waiter
and points to a hair in the soup.
Where did that come from?' cit
must be monsieur's." The customer.
evidently very much fattered, replies:
mo doubt, my good fellow,n doubt"
Judge.
"A Spanish magistrate, shocked and
exasperated by repeated food adultera-
ton, has issued a proclamation afame
with righteous wrath, that .'all wines,
groceries and provisions which. upon
analysis, are proved to be injurious to
health, will be confscated forthwith
and distributed to the different charit-
able Institutions
-"Ihere goes 8. the Million
aire.' said a pallid clerk to his COM
panion. Deuce take him. was the
angry reply. ''Iwish had his wealth
I'D rather have his health" was the
sage rejoinder. He walks matter
of six miles day, rain or shine, willie
you ana l ride. I'm beginning to think
that can save more than five cents by
walking. l paid three dollars last
month to the doctor. ~ biiodeLphSa
CagL
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-25

arrests and releases for which one
Hart was paid $74. 900 to free cit
liens as Tuttle's price to avoid imPris-
ment under military rule Foraker is
a screamer of the first wafer. and If he
is as bloodthirsty as his speech would
indicate, to be consistent, he Will be
compelled to order out the Ohio mill
tia to burn and sack every city and
town in the South
The country is to be congratulated.
however, that his shrek upon the
words: "Ruin. Rebel claims.
..Solid South" "Rebel pensions" and
"Unhung rebels" has a terror to no
one, and alarms only his family ply
stefan. For young man from a prov
incial college like Cornell to go into
such sectional Mysteries in July is one
of the saddest sights of a terrific pc
Rod of heat. Have they no ice in Ohio?
If not they should procure an ice ma
chine in Columbus at once and run
ammonia and brine pipes around the
head oft his young Governor to subdue
his infiamed brain from the terrible
effects of his delirious thirst for blood.
paired or he could never have attempt
ed such fight against facts or denial
of history as he puts forth in his July
article in the Forum when he says:
Interference by Republicans with
Democrats in an honest exercise of
the right of suffrage has never been
heard of, and every body knows that
the Republican party would not ac-
cept the fruits of such crime, or, in
any manner. shield the perpetrators of
them, if they should be committed in
its interest" Shade of lack Chand-
Ter, what lying! Rutherfraud B.
Hayes must have sent him strain or
those "chickens that come home to
roost," or can it be that ID. H Cham
berlain has been imposing upon him
by getting him to revive the 1876 fraud
by charging it upon the Democratic
party In these words in Foraker's ar
ticle: 1.-The right of suffrage should be
inviolate. Nevertheless,
the fact is that the Democratic party is
in power to-day only because, by the
most shameful offenses, it has over
thrown this right in many places and
States of the South, and, emboldened
by it's successes there, it has sought to
succeed elsewhere by like means" 1t
is too bad to see a young and unsophis-
ticated Governor like Foraker made
sport of. He should be sent back to
his parents to be kept away from the
wiles of the world. Albany On -
dr0kS.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-25
IN FASHIONS DOMAINS.
Charming Novelties for Late Summer and
Early Autumn Wear.

Early Autumn Wear.
Considerable opposition has been
made by fashion leaders to the rcviving
mode of matching the various parts OF
the toilet, but the current has fairly set
in in the direction of this elegant but
rather expensive fashion Matched
toilets in all shades of golden brown,
new terracotta, russell. olive, and many
shades of gray are already being pre-
pared for the autumn by Partisan de-
signers. Like most other fashions.
matching a suit entire from head to
foot will be the privilege and luxury
of the few at the outset, but little by
little will encroach. and finally be foi-
lowed by the majority.
The rare and exquisite lace gowns
which appear this summer are beauti-
full enough to tempt the eye and heart
of the strictest Mother Superior, and
they are fit for the wear of Queen.
There is no danger that these superb
toilets will lose their charm or popular
ity for seasons to come. for no sooner
does the taste for certain designs and
styles become the least tiresome than
scores of other novel and still more
beautiful devices appear, which again
render them impossible to pass by with
out purchase. Lace fabrics are still
in the zenith of their glory, and con-
stitute the gowns par excellence, being
still first choice of all the rare dress
goods now in vogue.
Very high bows of picot ribbon re-
main the general fashion for trimming
hot oY1 &ha oh 90
milliner is to arrange these in various
odd ways, such as plated half-wheels
made of tri-colored ribbons, the looped
edges showing from the front instead
of the entire width of the bows. Forked
ends and cockade bows closely tied
and densely clustered form another
style, and such tri-colors are chosen as
salmon, goblin blue, and Roman red,
rosewood, peachblow, and Persian
mauve, olive, periwinkle pink, and ciel
blue, and like odd combinations.
Silk warp French cashmere in exqui-
sitely fine qualities will compose one of
the very fashionable dress fabrics the
coming season. Samples of new Paris
ian dyes and textures just forwarded to
importers show exquisite shades of
beige, golden bronze, heliotrope striped
with white or silver, dark moss green
crossed with lines of Roman red, dark
blue figured with silver, and many
beautiful dyes in monochrome. For
evening wear is a list of pale, delicate
tints too numerous to refer to here, and
also of new artistic hues never before
seen and impossible to describe.-M y
Pest.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-25
FORAkER'S REBEL WELLS.

The Sad Mental Condition of Ohlo's Youth
full Chief Executive.
The g:lrrulous Governor of Ohio has
mistaken his authority, and is of the
opinion that the people of the Buckeye
State elected him to be war Cover
nor with headquarters in the saddle.
He has been displaying, in recent Ut
terances, ali that cowardice of speech
characteristic of the element that talks
fight when tits dead sure thing that
no one who fights is around. He
shouts "unhung rebels " to the Ken
tuc:iians across the river only at a
time when the Ohio is swollen with
high water, that all the bridges are
swept away, and the Kentuckians can
not cross over to brighten him out of
mis- boots or force his insults down his
throat. He is in his mind marvellous
hero of words. brag and buster. But
it is dollars to buttons if Il war were in
progress that he would have charge
of q brigade of suffers, all of whom
would have to pay commission s to him.
Foraker is a candidate for renOmi-
nation on the ''unhung rebel record.
He is a pretentious executive of gore
after Palsy Fairchild's own heart.
He would officiate with pomp and
.swagger at the shipment of General
Tuttle's stolen cotton and landau
If it would revive thu ''rebel yell. "
His wild talk and unguarded words
would lead one to believe that he
would be a willing accomplish with
General futile and his blackmailing
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-25
while it is desirable that wbea

While it is desirable that wheat
should have fair growth in the fall,
as better protection against winter
killing, it is not considered nearly so
important as II used TO be. A moder-
ate growth. with roots IN compact
shape, will be better than long and
widely distributed roots that are broken
off by freezing and thawing. The
presence of the Hessian fly renders ear
~ sowing Objectionable, as the insects
attacks are always worse on very early
sowed wheat--;St. Louis Republican,.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-25
PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAL-

"A nephew Of Lord Beaconsfield has
written q novel
1t. is stated that one American
I offered 50. 800 for ticket OF admission
20 Westminster Abbey on the OCCASION
of the jubilee service.
Lord Palmerston's good humor as
a distinct element of his character, IS
we'll known. We find it even during
his last illness, when his physician was
forced to mention death. t-Die, my
dear doctorr' he exclaimed; 'that's
the last thing shall do. Our f0a'nS
People.
Eight letters recently read in
London breach of promise suit told
in very complete way the course. OF
true love The first letter bei an
Dear Mr.. Smith, "'then followed My
Dear john" then ''My Darling john.
..My Own Darling Jack, - MY Darling
John, Dear Sir" ''Sir," and all was
over.
Mr.. George w. Childs has added
another to his great collection of SOU
venirs. 1t is the silk hat that the late
General Grant wore during his tour
around the world. The late Generals
initials in gold-plated letters are placed
on the lining inside the crown. The
hat was sent to Mr.. Childs by gentle
man in New York.
The Women's Educational and In
dustrial Union, of Buffalo, n. Y. are
trying to have two women appointed
to fill vacancies on the Board of Trus-
tees of the Buffalo State Insane Asy-
lum. In Massachusetts. Maine and
Iowa, women have served rs trustees
in insane asylums with good results
Indianapolis Journal.
"A New Yorker. Harold Fries, re-
Gently of Columbia College, has greatly
distinguished himself. Berlin is no
toriously difficult university at which
to pass an examination, but Fries took
the degree of doctor of philosophy be-
fore board of thirty five professors:
In granting the degree the rector called
attention to the fact that the university
never before granted this degree in
chemistry to so young an aspirant.
Major WoOdson, of Kansas City,
received letter the other day from T.
j. Pullman of South Riverside, Cal,
asking him to return a certain sum of
money which the spirit of the bandit
told him was in the majors possession,
taken from the late Jesse James. In
this letter Pullman describes the appa-
rition as green-eyed monster, terrible
but truthful. The major says that he
received two letters from this same in
dividual for sums of money taken by
the late Jesse James.
"A Boston man who has crossed the
Atlantic fifty-two times, and been sea-
sick each time except the last, explains
the exception as follows: 81 took q
rubber bag with me, some twelve inches
long and four inches wide, with an iron
clamp to close the mouth of the bag.
and filled it with small pieces of ice
every morning (the steward brought
me the ice in a bowD, and applied itOn
the spine, at the base of the brain,
down between my shoulders, for say
half to three-quarters of an hour; or
rather lay on it, pressing it against
the spine. 1t had a most soothing.
effect, so that frequently 1 fell asleep
while under it, and afterward felt
braced up for the day, enjoying every
hour and every meal"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-25
CARE OF BABIES.
flow Much Food Should BE Given to Chill
dren Under One Year of Age.

flow Much Food Should BE Given to Chill
dren Under One Year of Age.
This question is asked as often as any
perhaps. and it were as easy to give an
answer to this as it would be to tell
how much, in ounces, grown people
must eat. The truth is, that what is a
small amount for one will be too much
for some other, and the only way to
get the proper amount for each will be
to begin carefully and watch results;
it will soon be learned how much
agrees, and no more than that should
be given.
Regularity in the hours of feeding
must be observed; and if the baby cries,
apparently for food, between these
times, give it spoonful or two of
water. All drinking water must be
either from a source known to be pure
OF else it must be boiled and cooled be-
fore drinking. Coyer it with muslin
while cooling. To restore the fresh
taste to water that has been boiled and
flat, pour a small quantity rapidly back
and forth from one vessel to another,
just before it is gwen to the child to
drink.
AS nearly as any rules will answer
for the amount of food to be given, the
following will do: To new born child,
not nursed by the mother, give from
one to three tablespOonfuls. of
whatever food may be selected.
for a meal. If the child does not
seem satisfied. and retains the food on
the stomach, the amount should be
carefully increased. Vomiting would
usually indicate overlooking. As the
child grows the quantity of food taken
must be judiciously increased; and
nothing but careful watching on the
part of mother or nurse can regulate |
this.
Ordinarily. a weaned child, year |
old. requires for its breakfast about |
half pint of milk and tea-saucer half !
full of mush. Some children will need |
more than this. in which case may be |
given small piece of bread and but
ter, and half of well-baked apple, if |
fruit agrees with the child. For the |
MONDAY meal. a small potato, or its |
equivalent in mush or bread and milk, |
and fruit. The same amount, or less, |
for supper. All fruits in their season |
are allowed children after they are |
year old, if they agree. No sweetmeats |
OF any kind should be given. This
same kind of fare should be continued |
with little change until the child is ten |
or twelve years of age, about which
time the bony structure hardens- The !
less meat children under ten eat the
be >ter.-Den1Orest' Monthly
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-25

ANY writing or picture made with
a solution of cobalt chloride is invisible
until heated strongly for few seconds.
when the written characters or picture
appear of a blue color. By simply
breathing upon the paper they again
disappear from view, to reappear il
again heated
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-25

Cream Pie--Line plate with paste,
put on two rims and bake. Fill with
cream. Moisten one h'>aping table
spoonful cornstarch with little cold
milk, pour into one pint boiling milk.
Cook twenty minutes, add half cup
sugar, one tablespoonful butter and
the whites OF four eggs beaten stiff-
Flavor with one teaspoonful vanilla.
Fill the paste. and brown in the oven.
-I0nEee Blade.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-25

1t is well to look upon every dog
as mad and treat him accordingly. The
cost of keeping the dogs of America
would soon wipe out the National debt
The National tribune., 1887-09-01
steedman at ChIckamauga.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Comrade Dam
lei Sackrider says that the l2lst Ohio, Col III.
Ii. Banning commanding, supported the Chi
cago Mercantile Battery at Chickamauga when
Longstreet attempted TO break through the
gap. and Comrade James Burns attempts to
state what troops occupied the gap. His ac-
count is very interesting. but il relates to a
different part of the field aud earlier in the
day.
On Jan. 30. 1866, Gen. w. S. Rosecrans wrote:
81 am sorry / have forgotten whose battery it
was which stood IN the gap on the right OH the
afternoon of the Goth ut Chiekamauga. nor have
i the papers for reference ! remember well it
was supported by Banming's Ohio regiment"
On Feb. 8, 1866, Col. III. b. Banning wrote as
follows: Il received yours asking me what
battery the l2lst Ohio supported at the battle
of Chickamauga, and take pleasure in saying
that on the last day Of the battle-the Goth
we supported Battery NJ, lst Ill. Art, then
known as 'Spencer's battery 1t was the last
battery OF ours 10 leave that bloody field, ex-
cept those left in the hands of the enemy. and
was the only battery upon that part of the field
where my regiment fought. The gallantry of
the officers and men of Battery NJ upon that
afternoon was so conspicuous that the men of
my regiment ever atterward. when they got
into hard fight, would wish for Spencer's bat
terry. The official report OF my regiment con-
tains the statement of the part taken by your
battery"
IL any Of the members of the old l2lst should
chance To see this | wish some of them would
give an account Of their counter-charge when
Longstreets men charged on us as we were
taking position. when Gen. Steedman rode
through the l2lst, seized its ilag and halted il.
can see him now. swinging his hat and
screaming " For Gods sake, men, halt 4" before
he took its flag. Let us hear from you, COM
rades.-E. N. N, Battery NJ, LIST Ill. l.. A., st.
Louis, No.
The National tribune., 1887-09-01
MILL SPRINGS.


EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: ]. C. Scruggs
20. Z, I'd Tenn, inquired what regiment was
relieved by his, June 8, 1868 near Mill Springs.
Ky. As was in that engagement will tell
what know. That day was "A memorable day
TO me- In the morning of June 8, part of Co
\, 45th Ohio MID Inf, and Co. c. 9TH Ohio
Cav, were sent ont on the Monticello road with
orders TO feel OF the enemy. They went TO
Monticello, KY, some 20 miles from Mill
Springs We bad quite force at Somerset and
on the south bank Of the Cumberland River at
Newells Ferry. Mplford's Brigade, TO which
the 45th Ohio belonged was ordered to the
front I'm support OF the two companies already
out on the Monticello road.
About O'Clock order came for reinforce
ment Tor the two companies The 45th Ohio
being in front, put spurs and arrived near Capt.
Vests farm. 20. was in front. / was Or
DERBY Sergeant, and in command of the CON-
pany. Maj. q. Il. Ross, commanding the regi-
ment, ordered me 10 deplOy my company across
the road. Before the order was given 10 dis
mount, the rebels were coming around the
turn OF the road in iours front. Nearly every
man oil 20. h filed with me across the road on
the west side in the thick wood and rocks
One or two took charge of the horses We
opened fire and the first file of rebels fell, and
dad not see how many more; but we stopped
their advance Co.'S X, q and III of the 45th,
with Go. L, which had been fighting the rebels
Tor several hours, and Co. & Of the 9TH Ohio
Cav. were all the force on our side until re.
leved near shutdown by the LIST aud I'd East
Tenn, with battery. Gen. Pegram was in COM
mand OF the rebel force. We could hear every
command the rebels gave We drove them
back over half a mile. Our force was about
200, while the rebels had many more than that.
Sergt Charles Smith and Corporal, and one
or two men Of Go. IA, 45th Ohio, were lying
behind log. Gen. Pegram ordered them TO
surrender. serg't Smiths gun was the only
one loaded, and he fired, hitting Gen Pegram
IN the ankle Our men were overpowered and
captured, and while at Monticello that night
some OF Pegram's men took Sergt Smith out of
jail TO shoot him, because he shot the General.
lie was saved by the timely assistance of a
young lady. A few nights after Serg't Smith
made has escape and returned TO the regiment.
IL was q severe battle and n great victory, con-
sldering the odds against as Mai. Ross was
promoted 70 LieutenaEt-C Colonel, aud / was
made Second Lieutenant. lost some of the
braFest men that ever went to battle, aud many
wounded. Capt. Case, of Belfontaine, O., who
was in command of Co. c, 9TH Ohio Cav, as
well as all others engaged. will bear me out In
THIS slight narrative Of this engagement. Col.
hoss died Ia June, 1857, at Chicago. If Serg't
Smith Is yet living i would like TO have him
write me-ALMoH BRADFORD, 45th Ohio.
South Charleston, O.
The National tribune., 1887-09-01
The Cavalry Could Fight.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Comrade Coen.
9Th Iowa Cav has fully succeeded in bringing
Comrades Rankin and Surby into line on the
relative positions OF Hatch's and Johnson's
Divisions at Nashville. | have been Whiting
for some one to locate JOhnsOn's troopers, in
order to get tho exact formation of the right
flank better fixed in my own mind, because the
infantry at the right of Thomas's line had all
they could well attend To, without bothering
their brains as to who occupied the extreme
TANKS. My regiment-63d Ind.-was the ex-
IRENE right OF Thomas's infantry, and the one
thing do know is that Hatch's men Joined
our right. This formation Of the line lasted
until after the final charge Oh the afternoon of
the second day.
III We intantrymen had any previous doubts
as to the ability of the cavalry TO fight on foot
shoulder 10 shoulder with the infantry, the
behavior of Hatch's dismOunted men, as they
moved steadily across ravines aud over rough
hills under the enemy's desperate fire, never
hating until Hoods lett regiments were flying
peil nell, panic stricken mob. this evidence
would have then aud there removed all such
doubts was then strongly Impressed with
the fact that If Wilson's men could have been
remounted on other than jaded. fatigued and
WORKOUT horses, the captured would have at
least been doubled In numbers.-W. III. HORN
ADAY, Sergeant. Co. +, SD Ind, Winfield. Kan
The National tribune., 1887-09-01
The Eagle Brigade.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Comrade ]. c.
Faris has the drop me. / surrender but
conditionally. Twas wrong in what wrote of
the Eagle Brigade. The brigade was formed
at Commerce, Mo-, in 1862. and included the
18th Mo-, the 47th H., the 9Th Wis, 26th Ill.
and detachment of the % Iowa battery aud
think the 9th Mimi. Joined afterward. If
recollect right the brigade broke up about the
time in 1862 that Van Dorm made his raid on
Holly Springs, when he took in the 10Ist III.
and paroled them, that regiment having Joined
the brigade al short time before Now / feel
certain OF the above. Comrade Faris is wrong
when he says there was no detail from the 26th
10 the I'd battery. Frank Burns, Co. /, goth
ILL.,, was detailed and sent TO the battery, and
remained with IL for a long time, if not until
his term of service expired. OF course il was
30 long ago that these events transpired that
We are liable to get little off sometimes; but
u is good thing after all, for it wakes the
boys up and stimulates them 10 write what
they recollect of the old days. hope Com
rade Faris will give me another shot-E. A.
CARTER, Goth Ill, Olneyyille L.